between

betweenpreposition

Between places something in the space, range, or relationship that connects two, or sometimes more, people, things, times, or amounts.

1. between two placesin the space that separates two people, things, or places

   • The park is between the school and the library.
   • She sat between her two brothers.
   • There's a fence between the two yards.
   • Draw a line between the two points.

   Collocations

   preposition + noun between the trees, between the pages

2. shared or comparedshared by, involving, or comparing two or more people or things

   • They split the bill between the four of them.
   • There's a big difference between the two designs.
   • Choose between the red one and the blue one.
   • The match is between the two strongest teams.

   Collocations

   phrase the difference between, choose between, split between

   Compare among (between is for two things, or for several things considered individually or in pairs; among is for a group considered as a whole)

3. in a rangemore than one amount, time, or level, and less than another

   • The temperature will be between sixty and seventy degrees.
   • The meeting is sometime between two and three o'clock.
   • Her age is between thirty and forty.